Is it possible to do wifi hotspot tethering on a t-mobile Galaxy Exhibit? What is the easiest way of doing this without paying a crap load extra to t-mobile?? Trying to help an out of town family member out so we can do facetime over 4G on an iPad (I don't own an Exhibit, I have an S3).
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Try looking in the Market foxfi is good, they charge a small price for there app
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Hello everyone I have a question for you. My roommate is talking about getting an Iphone with At&T and though I have tried as hard as I can to convince him to get a droid instead he is determined. But he does want to know if the Iphone can make a wireless hotspot after its been rooted like the android phones can. I believe it can do Tethering but I'm unsure about hotspot. any help you can give me would be wonderful! thank you
Yeah you can jailbreak it and then download an app to get free wireless hotspot. Tell him you can't though so he buys an Android phone.
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Ok, quick question, I know carriers have been cracking down on tethering, but is that only against using our phones as wifi hot spots? is it still ok to use the usb tethering ability? My dad wants to use my phone for internet at the cabin, but I don't want at&t to throw the tethering charge onto our monthly bill.
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No unless you have purchased tethering through AT&T I believe it is going against the terms of agreement in your contract. Someone correct me if I'm wrong that's just what I have read.
Anyone know if this is possible? I want to connect my phone to my laptop and use the internet, when I plug it in I see the option for "internet connection" but it doesn't do anything.
Thanks for the help
Search "tether" and you will find what you are looking for.
There's 2 options. You could use wifi tether. Wich u have to search Google for. Or u can use easy tether which is on the market
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But if I use wifi tether. Won't I need to.be connected to a wifi network? I want to use my 3g/4g connection. If there is wifi connectivity, I could just connect my laptop to that, I wouldn't need my phone?
Thanks for the clarification
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No you need wifi tether it creates a hot spot but requires root
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Wifi Tether will be included in the next GingerVolt also. I am trying to find a way to get it to have certain settings automatically, but no luck so far.
With ur USB tether share switcher works really well for me. Just add the widget and click on the usb
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Ouch!! I just slapped my forehead really hard.
Good answers gentlemen, as always.
In our themes and apps section, there is a thread "wifi tether, not mine" there is an app that works perfect for me. I have thought about dropping ATT for net, and just using Verizon for surfing at home. That would save me 50 dollars a month. Downfall: I have an awesome phone that can do that, my wife does not. So I would have to retire, and live at home and write best selling books so my phone could always be here to make a connection to the net for my wife. Boy.. that would be... terrible.
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Ouch!! I just slapped my forehead really hard.
Good answers gentlemen, as always.
In our themes and apps section, there is a thread "wifi tether, not mine" there is an app that works perfect for me. I have thought about dropping ATT for net, and just using Verizon for surfing at home. That would save me 50 dollars a month. Downfall: I have an awesome phone that can do that, my wife does not. So I would have to retire, and live at home and write best selling books so my phone could always be here to make a connection to the net for my wife. Boy.. that would be... terrible.
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Yeah that app used to be in the market but was quickly pulled, so now Google just posts it there.
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Your provider may require you to pay a fee. There are likely folks that can get around paying.
I did try "easy tether" when I found that the rooting process damaged my tethering setup. It did work well for an hour to two, until my provider found me and throttled me down to dial-up speed. "Their support guy enjoyed my story and admitted the same thing happened to him once too.
I am locked down with AT&T at the moment but would like to use Verizons data from time to time. I am looking to take advantage of the $20/Month 1GB Tablet Prepay data plan Verizon offers.
My question is, if I have a Samsung Tab can I root it and use it as a hot spot so my Laptop can tether off the Tab??
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yes! if you're using the stock rom installed (froyo) there is an app preinstalled that comes with the tab that enables tethering. ive used it twice.
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Noitron said:
yes! if you're using the stock rom installed (froyo) there is an app preinstalled that comes with the tab that enables tethering. ive used it twice.
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Thanks,
And can you confirm that it does not require a tethering plan to do this?
If this is the case I will pick up a Tab asap.
Thanks again.
Disregard that last request...
I did a chat with Verizon and it seems that HotSpot is included in all Tablet plans. So I am golden and off to shop Craiglist.
Thanks again,
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I purchased my tab strictly for the tethering service for $49 the week before the new tabs came out and it works great.
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Have any of you changed ROMs and still been able to use these features? I am having all sorts of issues with 3G dropping when using the stock 2.3.5 ROM but I can't find any other ROMs that have the Verizon Data Service menu required to activate the month to month verizon plans for the Tab.
Hey guys,
How do you get free tethering on T-Mobile. I tried trevE mod WiFi tethering and foxfi and I still get the message tethering block message from T-Mobile....
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Hey guys,
How do you get free tethering on T-Mobile. I tried trevE mod WiFi tethering and foxfi and I still get the message ering block message from T-Mobile....
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First subscribe to hot spot shield elite from Google play store ,it's 0.99 cents a month,turn it on then the tether treV mod.That will do it.the hot spot shield helps to block T-Mobile.
Is that the only way to do it? Darn t-mobile! I could do it fine on my galaxy s blaze on the t-mobile network..
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Morganmachine91 said:
Is that the only way to do it? Darn t-mobile! I could do it fine on my galaxy s blaze on the t-mobile network..
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What are you tethering to that sets off the alert?
I tether Gigs to my Nexus 10 with no issues. I'd try using Chrome as your browser on a PC and trying the Spdy and internet speed boost options. They reroute through the chrome servers and it may mask your device type if using a PC
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I tether with no problem using native app on Elegancia Rom. I have the unlimited $30 plan that has no tethering included.
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What are you tethering to that sets off the alert?
I tether Gigs to my Nexus 10 with no issues. I'd try using Chrome as your browser on a PC and trying the Spdy and internet speed boost options. They reroute through the chrome servers and it may mask your device type if using a PC
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i tried to use the user-agent switch to an android tablet on chrome for my laptop. but i still got a message from tmobile.